Hydrocarbon-motor



L. M. WOOKSON.

HYDROCARBON MOTOR.

APPHCATION HLED 0CT.16,19i9.

Patenmd June 28, 1922].

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of Detroit,

Application filed Dctober 16, 1919. Serial No. 331,042.

To 117/ whom it may concern:

Be it knownthati liror an M. l'VOOlLSON, gasolene may condense and hecairiecl a c tizen of the linltca btaces, and resldcnt through in theform of minors liquid Wayne county, State of Michigun. havo inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in HvclrocarbonJl/lotors, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention rclatcs to hydrocarbon motors and particularly to mixturedevices therefor.

In combustion heater (leviccs' such illustrated in my pendingapplication Serial No. 323,627, means are provided for breaking up themixture just before it enters the combastion chamber to thereby causethe mixture to more readily ignite. )ne of the objects of the presentinvention is improvc upon the form of means for iJhus breaking up themixture entering; the combustion chamber of a heater device such asillustrated in said pending application.

The invention may be adapted "to other forms of devices and if, is notintended that it shall be limited to the use above rci errcll to ()thcrobjects, uses and advantaqes of the invention will appear from thefollowing description taken in connection with the drawings which form apart of this specification and in which Figure 1 is a sectional View ofa heater device embodying the invention; and

Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the lino f2-2 of Fig l.

Referring to the drawings, illustrates a section of an intako pipe orheader of a hydrocarbon motor and 11 is a chamber or jacket surrounding;part of said intake pipe being thus arranged in heating relation; tosaid pipe. This chamber 11 may be called a combustion chamber and partof said chamber or a communicating chamber is formed in a casting 12 inwhich an igniter in the form of a spark plug 13 and an oh- SGIVZltlOIlwindow 1% are mounted. The casting' 12 is threaded inlo the wall of thejacket ll as shown at 15,, this being merely for convcnience inmanufacture.

A pipe or conduih 16 for carrying mixture to the combustion chamber 11may be connected lo any suitable carburcting device, not shown. Thispipe will carry a mixture of gasolenc, or other liquid fuel, and air,and because the pips may he more or less osed to the cooling cfiect ofthe surroundfng atmosphere, some the partial/ c f globules or particles.For the purposc oi hreakmg' up these globules or pai'ticlos means arearranged between the pipe 16 and the chamber 11, This means principallycomprises a nozzle 17, a surroundin chamhsr or cup 18, and a secondsurrounding chamber 19. The nozzle 17 is in communication with the pipe16 through a passage 20 in an elbow 21, the nozzle in the form shownhoing integral with said elbow. A connecting nut 22 binds the and of thepipe 16 to the elbow 21.

The elbow 21 is threaded part; of the cup 18, which can is formed with aflange 23 at its upper and for threading onto the upper end of thesecond surround lug chamber 19. This chamber 19- is also formed as anintegral part, of the cashing l2 and it has an inwardly extending annular flange 24 with an opening or passage 25 therein into which a nose 26on the cup 18 projects. The nose 26 has a vertical passage 2?, the inletend of which is in direct line with the passage :28 formed in izhcnozzle 1? and the lower and of passage 27 is in the form of severalbranches 29 which extend laterally into the chamber 11 below the flange24 and opening 25.

The cup 18 is also provided with. a. series of openings or ports 30above the lower end of the nozzle and they are shown as located near theupper end of the cup. 30 placc'the upper part of the cup incommunication with the upper part of the sur rounding chamber 19 and thepassage 25 in the latter chamber in turn places that; chambcr incommunication with the combustion chamber 11.

The chamber 11 above referred to is in communication with the interiorof the intake pipe 10 through a perforated plug: 31 and when themotor towhich the intake pipe is connecied is turned over or started, either byhand cranking or by an electric starting motor, a depression is createdin the intake pipe and this is communicatcd to the combustion chamber11, which thereupon draws mixture from the carlmreter above referred to,ihrougrh tho mixture pipe 16. As this mixture discharges from thepassage 28 in the nozzle 17, the heavier liquid particles by theirinertia ass into the upper Those ports.

directly into the passage 27 and outwardly through the lateral ports 29Some of the air of this mixture, however, spreads atthe end of thenozzle 17 and asses upwardly in the on 18 and outwardly through theports 30 into the chamber 19. This air is then drawn through the passage25 which is somewhat restricted at this point due to the projection intoit of the nose 26, and as this "air rushes past the ports 29 it picks upand breaks to pieces the particles of gasolene or liquid fuel which isbeing discharged by those ports. Thus a very thorough mixture is carriedinto the chamber 11 and passes rapidly by the igniter 13 and is therebyfired in the chamber 11. 7

Other forms of devices than that shown may be made without departingfrom the spirit or scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure byLetters Pat-- out is: v 1; A combustion heater device comprising acombustion chamber, means for igniting the charge therein, a mixturenozzle, a chamber surrounding said nozzle and having openings atopposite ends thereof, and a second chamber surrounding thefirsflchamher and having a passage for the mixture adjacent one of theoutlet openings of the first chamber,

2. A combustion heater device comprising a combustion chamber and meansfor igniting the charge therein, amixture inlet in:

cluding a downwardly extending nozzle, a chamber surrounding said nozzleand having a passage in line with. said nozzle and communicating with,the interior of the combustion chamber, said surrounding chamber alsohaving outlet openings in its upper portion, and another chambersurrounding the first chamber and with which the openings at the upperend of the first surrounding chamber commimicate, said second surroundling chamber having a passage leading to the combustion chamber inproximity to the lower outlet opening from the first chamber.

In a combustion heater device, the combination with a combustion chamberand means for igniting the charge therein, of a downwardly extendingnozzle, a cup surrounding said nozzle and having an outlet outletopening communicating with said combustion chamber, a cup in said secondchamber having an outlet nose extending through. said opening and havinglateral openings into said second chamber, and in let means for saidcup.

5. A combustion heater device comprising a combustion chamber and meansfor igniting the charge therein, a chamber having an outlet openingcommunicating with said combustion chamber, a cup in said second chamberhaving, an outlet nose extending through said openin and having lateralopenings into said second chamber, and inmeans including a nozzleextending into said cup in line with its outlet nose.

In testimony whereoi I affix inyvsignature.

mount M. WOOLSON.

